Boiler-stand.



W. HAWKS.

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Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

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UNITED sTATEs .PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM Hawks, or DUEUTH, MINNESOTA, Assrenoa To HUGO .MANUEACTUEING comm, or DULUTH, MINNESOTA, A conPonaTIoN oF MINNESOTA.

BOILERwSTAN D.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM Hawks, a citizen of the United States, residing at Duluth, in the county of Sti Louis and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boiler- Stands, ofv which the following is a speciiication.

This invention provides a stand of novel formation adapted to support, any of the usual sizes of upright cylindrical tanks employed in houses and elsewhere forfstori heated water and commonly called boilers, and it isso formed and arranged that it is susceptible of use with boilers of different sizes without alteration. Thus there avoided the necessity of providing stands 1n accordance with the dimensions of the boilers. Further, the stand is made of relatively few parts, which it is not necessary to disassemble in attaching. to or removing from a boiler.

The stand also is so formed that it has as a part of its structure a T to which may be attached a supply-pipe leading from a range, furnace, gas-heater, or other place; and a drainage-cock, whereby, when the stand is connected to a boiler, there is at the same time attached a pipe or conduit leading thereinto, and there is obviated the necessity of making an additional connection.

When read in connection with the description herein, the details of construction and arrangement of parts contemplated by the invention will be apparent from the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof, wherein a preferable embodiment of the invention is disclosed, for purposes of illustration.

While the embodiment disclosed now is considered a preferable one, it is to be understood that changes can be made therein within the limits of the claims `without departing from the nature and spirit of the invention, and that it is not the intention to be limited necessarily to the exact form shown in interpretation of the claims.

Like reference-characters refer to corresponding parts in the views of the drawing, of which- Figure 1 is an elevation; and

Fig. 2 is a sectional view.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 3 deslgnates a-base, inl the top s1de of 'which is a threaded opening or socket 4. The basepreferably is of inverted bowl shape, and usually is made of metal. Into the socket 4 is screwed the lower threaded vthreaded sleeve 7 screwed over the upper end of the pillar 5 and an inverted T consistlng of a transverse vsection S and an upwardly-extending portion 9. The lower wall of the transverse portion 8 prevents v communication with the sleeve 7, and the T contains passages through the transverse portion and therefrom through the upwardly-extending portion. The upwardlyextending portion of the T is exteriorly threaded, and it has extending upwardly therefrom a smaller eXteriorly-threaded nipple 10. A substantially bowl-shaped outwardly-extending flange 11 having a threaded central opening is positioned on the eXteriorly-threaded'part of the portion 9 of the T, and in its lower part thisiiange has straight sides 12 lfor engagement by a wrench or other similar tool.

When attached to a boiler, for example as shown in the drawing, the` nipple 10 is screwed into the opening usually in the cen-v ter of the bottom end of domestic and other similar boilers, whereby communication between the boiler and the T is afforded. rlhen the flange is turned until its outer edge portion engages the bottom of the boiler in the vicinity of its center around the nipple, whereby the weight of the boiler will be sustained by the Tand the parts therebelow. The flange engages the bottom of the boiler where the greatest strain is imposed under pressure, and thereby tends to prevent the bulging or sagging of the bottom under inluence of weight and pressure that frequently-occurs when the boiler is supported as in common practice at the circumferential lower edge. yOne end of the transverse portion of the T is available for connection with a pipe 13 leading from a range, furnace, gas-heater, orother place, whereby the boiler is 'supplied with liquid through the stand, and the other end is available for connection with a drainage-cock or valve 14.

The stand being formed of standardized parts, ordinary water or gas pipe may be used to form the pillar portion, and the stand may be made of any desired practicable height dependent upon the length of the pipe used as the pillar. l

Having thusy described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by ters Patent, is-

1. A boiler-stand comprisin a T having a transverseportion arranged or connection with a supply-pipe and a drain-valve and an upwardly-extending exteriorly screwthreaded portion having extendlng above its threaded part a smaller exteriorly-threaded nipple arranged for connection to the bottom of a boiler at its center, and a bowlshaped outwardly-extending member on said threaded larger part of the upwardly-extending portion arranged to have'its outer edge turned against the bottom of the boiler in the vicinity of the center around the nipple.

2. A boiler-stand comprisin a T having a transverse portion arrange for connection with a pipe and a drain-valve and an upwardly-extending exteriorly screwthreaded comparatively large portion having extending above its threaded part a smaller exteriorly screw-threaded nipple arranged for connection to the bottom of a boiler at its center, and a bowl-shaped out- Letwardl -extending member on said screwthrea ed larger part of the upwardly-extending portlon arranged to have its outer edge turned against the bottom of the boiler between its periphery and center and thereby to sustaln the weight of the boiler between its periphery and center.

3. A boiler-stand comprising a T having a transverse portion arranged for connection with a pipe and drain-valve and an upwardly-extending cxteriorly screw-threaded comparatively large portion having extending above its threaded part a smaller eX- teriorly screw-threaded nipple arranged for connection to the bottom of a boiler at its center, and an upwardly-flaring member surrounding and supported from said screwthreaded larger part of the upwardly-extending portion arranged to have its outer edge bear against the bottom of the boiler between its periphery and center and thereby to sustain the weight of the boiler between its periphery and center.

In testimony whereof, I aiiX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM HAWKS. lVitnesses ETHEL A. BISHOP, A. M. JOHNSON. 

